Some 2000 Germans, interned at Fort Oglethorpe and Fort McPherson, are being repatriated after the end of the war, in 1919. They arrive by train at the port in Charleston, South Carolina, where they assemble with their personal belongings. They are assisted and supervised by U.S. Army soldiers. They board the USS Martha Washington transport ship. Another large ship is seen behind her at the pier. U.S. Navy officers and sailors are seen watching as the passengers board. Among the passengers are civilians who had been detained as suspected spies. They are boarding the ship with members of their families. A small child and a babe in arms are seen as well as other children. After boarding, passengers and crew line the deck of the ship. "USS Martha Washington," is clearly displayed on her side. She is seen moving slowly away from the pier and getting underway. to Germany.
Group of armed men storms the newspaper publishing facility in Anderson South Carolina during a reenactment of martial law measures practiced in Nazi Germany. Press workers are escorted away. Man throws large power switch and lights go out. New edition of the "Anderson Daily Mail" newspaper is seen rolling off the presses, under guard by armed men. Newspaper headline is "Clemsonia Captures Anderson". Numerous articles are blacked-out and labeled "censored." Article is seen entitled "It Can Happen Here. In Fact it Did."
People of Anderson, South Carolina perform demonstrations imitating Adolf Hitler's Nazi martial law over Germany. A large crowd gathered in the streets to view the reenactment. The actor posing as German Führer Hitler in the car. The mock Nazi salutes, overdone intentionally in trying to be humorous. "Nazi" soldiers march through the crowd. The "Nazi" actors charge and seize the armed citizens assembled behind stacked cotton bales outside a building. The radio proclamations by the "Hitler" actor partly in gibberish and partly in English. The continuous mocking Nazi salutes by the other actor beside "Hitler" in the radio station. (World War II period).
Downtown street in Anderson South Carolina, lined with civilians and cars during a reenactment of Nazi martial law over Germany. Views of many storefronts and town buildings. Siren sound. A car streaming smoke behind it drives down the street. Smoke fills the entire street and surrounds the crowds. Actors imitating Nazi German soldiers setup a gun in the middle of the street. Crowd is dispersed. View of lit "Sears" store sign obscured by smoke. Views of mock armed Nazi soldiers wearing gas masks and marching toward a gas filled building, then emerging from the building and running with seized "prisoners". (World War II period).
F-4 Phantom finishing taxiing and parks on Spangdahlem Air Base near Trier, Germany. Black Sheep emblem of the 8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing visible on aircraft from side view. Ground crew motioning plane in. Two airmen greet two others beside the plane. They talk. One of these same pilots is shown in a briefing room beside some maps on display. He is being briefed by another officer.
Blue Division Spanish soldiers in Madrid, Spain during World War II. Flags of Spain and Germany on El Estacion del Norte train station in Madrid. Officers gives speeches. Spanish spectators observe. A train pulls into the station. A large crowd at the station. The Spanish citizens greet soldiers and salute them. Spanish soldiers say goodbye to their wives and families at the station. They are bound for the Eastern Front, serving as volunteers in the German Army.
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